3 weeks ago

@saturn999 in regards to burn, It's in no means an easy matchup, as I sideboard out anything that deals any damage to me, since burn is mainly only 1 and 2 drops, they drop their hand VERY fast, and if you capitalize on that, through a boardwipe, you should be able to assemble the Ensnaring Bridge lock. You'll only lose life if you kept a hand that doesn't have a T1 Discard with a T2 discard to back it, since they'll most likely take play, and have 5 cards going into their T2 including draw (assuming you discard one of those your T1), they might play 3 of those (including land), and if you hit them with a Wrench Mind T2, they're on topdeck, but besides that their scariest creature is Eidolon of the Great Revel, and if you're able to remove that, either through discard or killspell/boardwipe then Surgical Extraction them, you should be completely fine, as every card you make them discard is 3 life you "gain". I actually used to use Nyxathid against them, since if they burn me, it gets bigger, or they have to use at least 2 burn spells to get rid of it, because against them it turns into a 7/7 for 3, but since nobody runs burn in my current meta, I haven't found a need. As for control, the deck should do fine since they're most likely not going to run Hurkyl's Recall, and other than that there's no way to get rid of multiple Ensnaring Bridges other than bouncing with Cryptic Command, using Snapcaster Mage to bounce it back and do it again, but that's still only for 1 turn and that's 10 mana. If it does come down to it, they've drawn more cards than you and you'll eventually win through decking if they plan on winning through creature damage. Although, they are very hard to get down to 1 card in hand (I would suggest getting to 4-5 land, and discard the rest to Raven's Crime, effectively giving every land draw at least a basic discard). The control matches are only tough once they have red mixed with either white or black due to Wear / Tear and Kolaghan's Command due to bridge/rack destruction along with bolts, but I actually stopped playing this deck since my current meta is filled with Chalice of the Void, and without splashing white, there's no answer for it in mono-black other than Ratchet Bomb, but I'll try my best to keep this list updated. Hope this helps :D

1 month ago

1 month ago

Not the biggest fan of Liliana's Caress personally; between you dumping Hollow Ones onto the fields and all of the fringe benefits you're gonna get out of Waste Not, this deck might be fast enough to where another two-mana enchantment isn't needed. Some ideas for replacements could be Reforge the Soul or Wrench Mind if you like getting Waste Not triggers, or if you want more enablers for
Hollow One
, Goblin Lore is a very amusing card in general.

If you're uncertain about Bloodghast, there's a ton of options open for replacements. Delve creatures like Gurmie and Tasigur are great ways to get extra mileage out of your discards, while Street Wraith can help you draw into your action quicker.

The suggestions were greatly appreciated. FYI, I finally got a chance to play the deck in a multiplayer setting, and it drew a lot of hate immediately. It was great!Sorry, I forgot to tag you both. MegaMatt13TheWallinator74

1 month ago

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